George Duke
- MatchGeorge Duke
- 100%Joe Sample
- 90%Stanley Clarke
- 80%Bob James
- 76%Lee Ritenour
- 73%Jeff Lorber
- 73%Larry Carlton
- 71%Al Jarreau
- 71%Fourplay
- 69%George Benson
- 69%Gerald Albright
Biography
12 January 1946, San Rafael, California, USA. Duke studied the piano at school (where he ran a Les McCann -inspired Latin band) and emerged from the San Francisco Conservatory as a Bachelor of Music in 1967. From 1965-67 he was resident pianist at the Half Note, accompanying musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Kenny Dorham. This grounding served as a musical education for the rest of his life. He arranged for a vocal group, the Third Wave, and toured Mexico in 1968. In 1969, he began playing... Read more